Post-Game Press Conference: Cade Cunningham | Pistons vs Magic

Post-Game Press Conference: Cade Cunningham | Pistons vs Magic | 10.29.2025

>> CADE, WOULD YOU SAY THIS KIND OF WIN BUILDS CHARACTER FOR A YOUNG GROUP EARLY IN THE SEASON? >> YEAH IT’S A GREAT WIN FOR US AGAINST A TEAM WITH A LOT OF TALENT. YOU KNOW BOUNCING BACK FROM LAST GAME, THAT WAS A UGLY GAME. WE NEEDED TO COME IN AND PLAY THE RIGHT WAY. SO IT WAS A GOOD WIN FOR US. >> FOR YOU PERSONALLY, FOUR POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER YOU END THIS ONE WITH 30. DID YOU NOTICE SOMETHING START TO CHANGE AS FAR AS THEIR DEFENSIVE STRATEGY ON YOU? OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DID YOU TAKE YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL TO BECOME THE CADE THAT WE SAW AT THE END OF THIS? BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE A DIFFERENT VERSION OF YOU? >> YEAH, IT’S A LOT OF THINGS. MY TEAM HELPING ME, DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, SETTING GOOD SCREENS, SPACING THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT WE JUST WE WERE JUST A LOT MORE EFFICIENT WITH OUR OFFENSE. AND THEN I THINK IT WAS JUST A MINDSET THING FOR ME. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY TEAMMATES PUSHING ME AND TELLING ME TO GET GOING WAS USED. >> MORE ON THAT MINDSET. WHEN YOU YOU’RE COMING OFF PICKS, YOU SEE A BUNCH OF BODIES IN THE PAINT. THEY’RE HEDGING OVER FROM THE WEAK SIDE. LIKE WHAT’S KIND OF YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS TO GET PAST THAT? >> JUST MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY. YOU KNOW THEY LEAVE SOMEBODY OPEN. PASS TO THEM. SIMPLE. >> HOW ARE YOU FEELING? YOU LEFT FOR TWO MINUTES AT THE END OF THE SECOND. JUST HOW ARE YOU DOING? >> I FEEL GOOD, GREAT WIN. >> YEAH. AND A FEW DAYS AGO, YOU SAID YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE WAY DEFENSES HAVE PLAYED YOU TONIGHT. YOU GOT IN THE LANE FREQUENTLY. WAS ABLE TO FINISH. YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR YOUR TEAMMATES HELPING YOU. BUT WHAT ELSE DID YOU FEEL THAT ALLOWED YOU TO GET INTO THAT FLOW? >> LIKE I SAID, I MEAN LAST GAME WASN’T, YOU KNOW, A GREAT GAME. IT WAS IT WAS A BAD GAME. SO JUST WANTED TO RESPOND FOR MY TEAM AND COME OUT BETTER TODAY. >> HEY, CAN YOU SPEAK ON YOUR APPROACH TO THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL FOR FOR THE START OF THIS SEASON SO FAR? >> YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY A SARS AND UNREAL DEFENDER, BUT THAT’S OUR IDENTITY. AND I CAN’T BE, YOU KNOW JUST A ONE SIDED PLAYER. I GOT TO MAKE PLAYS ON BOTH ENDS OF THE BALL. SO YOU KNOW EARLY ON JUST GETTING IN THE RHYTHM WITH THAT PUSHING MYSELF TO MAKE PLAYS ON THAT END OF THE BALL. I THINK I HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO GROW WITH IT SO FAR THIS YEAR. I THINK I’VE, YOU KNOW, PUT US IN SOME IN SOME TOUGH SPOTS AT TIMES, BUT TRY TO KEEP MAKING PLAYS FOR THE TEAM AND, YOU KNOW, HELP US WIN GAMES. >> WITH THE WAY YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO CLAW BACK, ESPECIALLY FAST BREAK OPPORTUNITIES TOWARD HALFTIME. WHAT’S THE CONVERSATION LIKE IN THE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM GOING? IS THAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SPEAK OR DO YOU JUST LEAVE THAT WITH JB? WHERE DOES THAT ENERGY COME FROM WHEN YOU GET TO TAKE A BREAK? >> YEAH, IT COMES FROM I THINK THE SPECIAL PART ABOUT THIS TEAM COMES FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BUT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY ME BEING POINT GUARD, ONE OF THE LEADERS, YOU KNOW I DEFINITELY SPEAK UP ON THAT COACH OBVIOUSLY TOBIAS OBVIOUSLY, BUT EVERYBODY FEELS IT IN THE ROOM. SO YOU KNOW IT’S EARLY. WE GOT TO GET ALL THE WINS THAT WE CAN. THERE’S NO NO HOLDING UP. SO WE’RE HUNGRY. WE’RE GONNA KEEP ON GOING. IT’S A GOOD WIN TODAY. BUT YOU KNOW THERE’S A LOT MORE GAMES TO GO. >> THE WAY WE SEE YOU FINISH GAMES. DOES IT DO SLOW STARTS MATTER FOR YOU AT ALL? >> YEAH I MEAN I DON’T LIKE THEM. YOU KNOW I WANT TO START FAST. I WANT TO START PLAYING WELL AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW I GOT TO MAKE MY READS AND PASS TO THE OPEN, MAN. I GOT TO STAY AGGRESSIVE WHEN I’M MISSING MY SHOTS. I THINK THAT’S WHERE IT COMES FROM. LATE, LATE BURST IS JUST, YOU KNOW, FINDING WHERE I CAN GET GOING AND THEN ATTACKING THAT. >> OKAY. LAST YEAR YOU WENT TO THE POST A TON. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON BEFORE THIS GAME, YOU ONLY HAD ONE POST UP. ACCORDING TO SYNERGY TONIGHT YOU WENT TO THE POST UP QUITE A BIT TARGETING MISMATCHES. DO YOU EXPECT US TO EXPECT THAT TO BE SOMETHING YOU CONTINUE TO DO MOVING FORWARD? >> YEAH, I’LL PLAY IT BY WHAT I SEE AND WHAT I FEEL WITH THE GAME. I’M NOT GOING TO

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